'65 Colt Colteer semi auto.....worst rifle I ever owned. Cost $60 new. Would only run on Peters HV, had to be cleaned every 100 rounds. First .22s to shoot back in late 50's, Remington gallery pump and numerous bolt actions. Bulk box of ammo was $6 back then and up until about '05 you could still buy a bulk box of .22 ammo for $7. M1911

Mine was a Sears single shot bolt action that I first fired at 5 or 6. I've been hooked since.

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That was almost certainly a Stevens rifle. It might also have been a Marlin but most likely it was a Stevens. They were famous for their single shot .22's. Did it have a pull to cock design?

The first photo is of a Sears single shot .22. The second one is a Stevens single shot .22. Get the picture? There were other models of course and the stocks might have been different or they might have been treated different too. You should see mine. But they were great, great rifles IMO.

growing up in rural Pa, Dauphin Co, My first gun was a Winchester Mod. 67, ss. I carried that gun for 12 years ti it burnt up un my brothers house fire. My brother bought me a brick or more ever payday. I have a nother 67, but it has been peiced together. To this day, its my favorite gun. My father won the rifle on a raffle board in the local watering hole. My dad was not a gun person, but he shoot mne often.

My first .22 was a Winchester Model 57 chambered for the .22 short cartridge. It had a lyman aperature sight and I bought it for $15 when I was 15 in 1943. I would tie it to the crossbar of my bike and go squirrel hunting. While I was in the service, they sold or gave away everything I owned. Needless to say I was furious when I came back. Many years later I tried to buy another 57, possibly the same one, but it went for $900 and I didn't have that kind of money at the time. Needless to say I'm still browned off! I have since bought a Model 57 chambered for the .22 long rifle for one of my sons. Good, dependable and accurate, will last several lifetimes, but I still miss that rifle chambered and rifled for the .22 short cartridge.